Chapter Summaries

Ash and Homi were pulled into a ruined Poker Kingdom, where they transformed and fought the Jikochu together. After Homi became Cure Tomorrow and helped defeat the monsters, the chapter shifted to Madoka Aguri, who was trapped in the kingdom and struggling to protect its citizens alone.

• Homi's teleportation circle unexpectedly dragged Ash and Homi away, leaving Ayumi behind.
• Ash caught Homi after their long fall, then lifted a giant Jikochu that attacked them in Poker Kingdom.
• Homi declared she would no longer stand by and transformed into Cure Tomorrow.
• Ash and Cure Tomorrow fought side by side, defeating the Jikochu horde with their coordinated attacks.
• Madoka Aguri worried about her separated friends while continuing to protect Poker Kingdom's citizens from the Jikochu.

Ash reunited with Madoka Aguri and brought her and Homi to a refuge sheltering Poker Kingdom’s survivors. After seeing the devastation and hearing how Kalle had defeated Aguri, Ash reassured her that they would save the kingdom again.

• Madoka Aguri arrived after a battle, found Ash and Homi, and learned Homi was Ash’s daughter.
• Ash and Aguri exchanged news about their separated friends, Kalle’s attack, and Aguri’s arrival in this world.
• Homi became tired, and Ash caught her as she swayed while Aguri reacted awkwardly to their father-daughter bond.
• Aguri led Ash and Homi to a hidden refuge where Poker Kingdom’s survivors were living in fear and grief.
• Ash comforted Aguri as she blamed herself for failing to protect the kingdom, then promised they would save it together.

Ash rallied the despairing citizens of Poker Kingdom by provoking their anger into determination, then promised to lead them in reclaiming their country from the monsters. After learning that a monster-producing creature at the royal palace was behind the endless attacks, Ash set out to keep his promise and take back what the citizens had lost.

• Homi brought Ash before the refugees and urged him to restore their smiles, so he harshly mocked them until their despair gave way to anger.
• Ash revealed himself as the King of Black Night Kingdom and declared that he intended to take Poker Kingdom and its Pretty Cure into his embrace.
• The citizens insisted they would fight to protect their country, and Ash offered to draw out their power and lead them.
• Aguri explained that the attackers only resembled Jikochu and that a huge monster at the royal palace was producing them.
• Ash reassured Aguri that she was not alone, then drew his sword and set off to reclaim what the citizens had lost.

Ash, Aguri, and Homi fought the monster mother body while survivors watched and cheered, giving the three warriors power from their support. Ash realized Homi had come from a tragic future where she was the only one left, and he promised they would fight together to change it as they charged the monster.

• Ash, Aguri, and Homi reached the monster mother body at the former royal palace while survivors watched their battle through a live broadcast.
• Ash explained that he had equipped the survivors to protect themselves and intended their support to awaken the heroes’ true power.
• The survivors cheered for the fighters, and the resulting energy healed and empowered Aguri, Homi, and Ash as Aguri restrained the monster.
• Ash asked Homi whether something had happened to her parents in the future, and Homi admitted she had been left alone.
• Ash comforted Homi and told her the future could change, then joined her in charging the monster to fight toward a new destiny.

Aguri returned to Earth and helped Rikka recover her memories, while Ash stayed with Mana as she began recalling her connection to him. The chapter left Mana questioning whether Enki was truly her enemy as her memories of their past grew clearer.

• Aguri reunited with Rikka, who remembered her as a friend and asked whether she had returned by her own power.
• Rikka told Aguri that Mana had taken leave from her Student Council duties, and Aguri went to find Arisu and Makoto.
• Ash spent the evening with Mana at the Aida home, where she cooked dinner and spoke about her parents leaving on a business trip.
• Mana found Ash's toy phone and recognized it as resembling something Enki had carried.
• Mana recalled her past encounters and conflicted feelings toward Ash, and began doubting that Enki was truly her enemy.

Ash and Ayumi investigated Homi’s room after she went missing and discovered that she had collected memorabilia of Ash and the Pretty Cures. They found a relationship chart titled “Mom?” that showed Homi did not know who her biological mother was, leaving Ash determined to change the future before that happened.

• Ash called Ayumi from the bath to check on Aguri’s situation, while Ayumi noticed Homi had not returned home.
• Ayumi entered Homi’s room with Ash and found Kamen Rider figures arranged as a collection of Ash’s past forms.
• Ayumi discovered Homi had also collected Pretty Cure transformation toys and a custom Demons Driver featuring Ash’s voice.
• Puka revealed a whiteboard covered in connections between Ash and the Pretty Cures, with “Mom?” written at the top.
• Ash realized Homi did not know who her biological mother was and called himself an unqualified father, while Ayumi insisted they still had time to prevent that future.
• Ash and Ayumi began examining the clues Homi had written beneath the people she considered possible candidates.

Ash secretly read Homi’s notes about possible mothers and learned that Homi believed Aida Ai was the likeliest candidate, then confronted Homi before returning to investigate Mana while she slept. Mana woke and invited Ash to talk, but the chapter ended with her teasing him about his earlier search and complaining that he had hurt her chest.

• Homi’s notes named Aida Ai as the most likely mother, and Ash was moved by Homi’s wish for a loving family.
• Ash secretly entered Mana’s room, then left after seeing Homi fighting monsters and confronting Kaler.
• Ash returned to Mana’s bedroom and searched her for evidence of manipulation, but found nothing unusual.
• Mana woke, caught Ash, and invited him to sit with her under the blanket so they could talk.
• Mana accused Ash of kneading her chest and made him admit that it was full.

Mana admitted she had suspected Ash’s disguise but postponed explaining why she stayed calm, then asked Ash on a date. As their date began, she confessed she had little real experience with romance and asked Ash whether he wanted to date her properly.

• Mana told Ash she had grown suspicious of the child Ash and planned to arrange a meeting, but she put off explaining why she had not attacked him.
• Mana teased Ash, sent him back to his own bed, and threw pillows at him when he claimed they had slept together.
• Makoto tried to rush to Mana’s rescue, but Rikka, Arisu, and Aguri stopped her and argued that she should question her assumptions.
• Mana met Ash for their date, handed him her handbag, and led him around places connected to the Pretty Cure.
• Mana admitted she did not know what counted as a date and asked whether Ash wanted to date her properly, and Ash nodded.

Ash and Mana began their date in Ōbeichō, where Mana chose to revisit Clover Tower and raced Ash up its stairs. After Ash caught her when she twisted her ankle, Mana teased him about worrying over her, leaving their relationship playfully unresolved.

• Mana grew jealous as Ash listed his past dates, but she set aside her anger and asked him to plan their date.
• Ash enthusiastically promised to make Mana happy, and Mana chose to climb Clover Tower with him.
• Ayumi and Puka decided not to tell Ash that Homi had not come home and continued searching for her clues.
• Ash raced ahead up Clover Tower, and Mana followed him all the way to the summit without transforming.
• Ash covered Mana with his coat after the climb, and she playfully kept it from him while they chased each other around the tower summit.
• Mana twisted her ankle near the railing, and Ash caught her as she asked whether he had really been worried about her.

Ash and Mana tried to resolve her uncertainty about their relationship by fighting, while Rikka’s group and Ayumi found Homi watching them from the tower. Their playful clash left the onlookers unsure whether they were fighting or flirting.

• Mana told Ash that her memories still depicted him as an enemy, but her instincts and feelings urged her to trust him and not leave him alone.
• When Mana asked who they were to each other, Ash put on his belt and challenged her to fight so they could find the answer through battle.
• Ayumi and Puka met Rikka’s group while searching for a blond child, and Arisu identified Homi watching Ash and Mana from the observation deck.
• Mana transformed into Cure Heart, and Ash transformed into Kamen Rider Flame before they began fighting across the tower’s observation deck.
• Ash and Mana exchanged attacks and teasing lines, while their watching friends struggled to tell whether the pair were fighting or flirting.

Ash and Mana fought together against the army that invaded the tower, while Homi stopped the others from entering the Dimensional Warp Field so the pair could have their battle alone. Mana unleashed her Heart's Light at Ash's request, and the chapter ended with him shouting at her not to touch him because he was hot.

• Ash and Mana joined forces against the foot soldiers and monsters that appeared inside the Dimensional Warp Field.
• Mana helped Ash in battle, and the two teased each other as they fought side by side.
• Rikka and Ayumi tried to break through the Field, but Homi blocked them and insisted that Ash and Mana's fight belonged to them alone.
• Ash encouraged Mana to use My Sweet Heart on the enemies, with himself still standing in the blast's path.
• Mana's attack purified the enemies and struck Ash, who stopped her from touching him afterward.

Ash used Heart Angel’s finishing move to enter Flame Rider’s Re-Burning form and defeat the surrounding enemies, then revealed his identity to Mana and confessed that he loved her. His mother Catherine appeared and rejected their relationship, but Ash defended Mana, who then confronted Catherine herself.

• Ash had Mana strike him with Heart Angel’s finishing move, triggering Flame Rider’s Re-Burning form and wiping out the enemies around them.
• Ash removed his helmet, asked Mana to trust him, and revealed that Catherine Frederica had returned as the mastermind.
• Ash told Catherine that he loved Aida Ai and asked for her blessing, leaving Ai and Catherine stunned.
• Catherine insulted Ai and demanded that Ash choose a more suitable woman, but Ash calmly insisted that he loved Ai for who she truly was.
• Catherine admitted that she treated Ash as her possession because of his strength and talent, and Ai took Ash’s hand and declared that he belonged only to himself.

Ash and Aida Ai fought Catherine, who had returned as the Witch of Despair, while she tried to reclaim control over her son and crush their relationship. As Catherine pressed them with overwhelming power, Ash insisted that his bonds with Ai and the Pretty Cure mattered more than Dark Echo, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Ash told Catherine to let go of her child, but she transformed into the Witch of Despair and unleashed a wave of negative energy.
• Aida Ai joined Ash in battle, and Catherine rejected Ai’s attempts to appeal to their mother-son bond before breaking her barrier.
• Catherine summoned a giant spider of despair energy and chased Ash and Aida Ai with its attacks.
• Catherine mocked Ai as a lowborn woman who had stolen her son, while Ash defended Ai and blocked Catherine’s attacks.
• Ash revealed that he had given his Dark Echo to Them, enraging Catherine, who attacked him with a dark scythe.
• Aida Ai stood beside Ash to help him resist Catherine, and Ash declared that his bonds with the Pretty Cure were enough without overwhelming darkness.

Ash broke free of Catherine’s web and fought back with the strength Mana sent him, while Mana emerged in Parthenon Mode and helped him face his mother. Ash chose to strike Catherine not only to defeat her but to break her resentment, and their final clash ended with his flaming fist illuminating her darkness.

• Catherine bound Ash and Aida Mana in a dark web, then beat Ash and urged him to abandon his friends and rule the world with her.
• Aida Mana struggled to reach her friends and sent Ash strength, while Ash thanked Catherine for the life she had given him but rejected her plans and broke free.
• Ash fought Catherine again, and Aida Mana broke out of her cocoon in Parthenon Mode, destroying the spider giant and the Tragedy Energy around Catherine.
• Aida Mana embraced Ash and shared her feelings, then joined him in facing Catherine as he admitted that he hated her but could not treat her only as an enemy.
• Catherine gathered her remaining power for a final attack, but Ash shattered her Grim Reaper with a flaming strike meant to defeat her and break her resentment.

Ash and Mana reunited with Homi after defeating Catherine, and the family embraced their future together. Ash then woke from a long dream to find himself in a peaceful home surrounded by family memories, though he could not understand how he had arrived in this life.

• Ash watched Catherine vanish and said he wanted to preserve the love he had shared with his family.
• Mana kissed and embraced Ash, asking him never to leave her, and Homi joined them as they promised to stay together.
• Ashu confronted Kalle atop Clover Tower, and Kalle explained that he had been assigned to help Ash before both were engulfed in light.
• Ash woke at a desk when Homi called him, and he jokingly panicked at the thought that she might be interested in someone.
• Homi left to prepare for a celebration, telling Ash to clean up before Mana and the other mothers returned.
• Ash found photos chronicling his life with Mana, Homi, and their friends, then wandered back into his room, confused about his surroundings.

Ash awoke in a seemingly real, peaceful future, where he was married to Mana and raising Homi, and discovered he had forgotten their fifteenth wedding anniversary. As he prepared a surprise for Mana, Primum appeared at the door and knocked him to the floor with a headbutt.

• Ash found a family photo with Ai and Homi and realized his loving life with Arisu, Rikka, and Aguri was real.
• Homi told Ash it was his and Mana's fifteenth wedding anniversary and assigned him to prepare decorations and a gift while she cooked.
• Ash finished the anniversary preparations, watched Kamen Rider Enki, and examined the Burning Driver while wondering where it came from.
• Ash went to greet the person at the door, expecting Mana, but found Primum instead.
• Primum headbutted Ash in the chest, knocking him to the floor.

Ash learned that the happy future with Aida Mana was a dream created by their daughter, Homi, and fled rather than accept it. After Puca, Ayumi, and Ashu helped break the dream’s hold, Ash found Homi in the gap between worlds.

• Ash recognized that the armored girl was Puca, who had transformed into a Pretty Cure, and followed her through a door into the gap between worlds.
• A future version of Aida Mana revealed that the apparent future was Homi’s dream and asked Ash to help their daughter accept the truth before she vanished.
• Ash rejected the dream version of his future with Mana and ran away with Puca.
• Ayumi arrived and reported seeing Ashu and Kalle fighting, while Puca explained that Homi had also been deceived.
• Puca and Ayumi joined Ashu in battling Kalle to buy Ash time to find Homi.
• Kalle pointed Ash toward Homi, and Ash reunited with his daughter.

Ash tried to stop Homi from trapping the Pretty Cure in perfect dream worlds, but was pulled into her dream of an endless happy family life. He recognized that Homi was refusing to face the future and prepared to confront her about it.

• Homi rejected Ash’s attempt to take her away, insisting that the world Kaler created and its people were real, then used her power to pull Ash into a dream.
• Ash broke through his own dream world’s barrier and saw the other Pretty Cure enclosed in dreams before the orb of light crushed him and drew him inside.
• Ash woke beside Homi in a dream where they were preparing for their mother’s wedding anniversary, and Homi treated his warnings as a strange joke.
• Ash questioned whether Homi would be happy living the same perfect day forever, but she avoided discussing what she wanted to become in the future.
• When someone knocked at the door, Ash told Homi that she understood this was her world but was refusing to face the truth.

Ash rejected Homi’s fabricated family and destroyed the gifts and memories she had created, while revealing that he was a Rider Killer rather than a Pretty Cure Killer. Homi confronted him over her nonexistent origins and tried to gather the remains of the home she had hoped to make real.

• Ash crushed the anniversary gift Homi had prepared and told her that Aida Ai was not her mother, but Cure Heart, and had not lived the future Homi imagined.
• Ash tore down Homi’s decorations and burned the wedding photograph while restraining her, forcing her to watch the fantasy disappear.
• Ash admitted that he was a Rider Killer and explained that Homi had been brought from a possible future by Him, without memories or a true origin.
• Kaler explained that Homi’s parents existed only in an uncertain possibility because Ash was a singularity, leaving her desperate to create the family she had never actually had.
• Homi transformed, rejected Ash as her father, and accused him of destroying her home before kneeling to gather the broken gift and ashes, insisting she could rebuild everything.

Ash confronted Homi over her plan to choose a mother and build a family by rewriting the world, then comforted her as she regretted the harm she had caused and resolved to act alone. Meanwhile, Kaller overwhelmed Ashu and Puka Angel, and Puka heard a familiar voice offer to take over and save the person she loved.

• Homi tried to keep pursuing her goal by choosing another possible mother, but Ash stopped her and slapped her for insulting her mother.
• Ash told Homi that she could not pursue freedom by obstructing others, admitted his own past mistakes, and embraced her as she questioned whether her existence was a mistake.
• Homi accepted Ash's reassurance, then said there was something she had to do alone and used her power to make the frozen, reversing world begin to crack open.
• Kaller used Phantom Beast Fist to break Ashu's wings, countered Cure Echo's attack, and caught Puka Angel when she attempted a sneak attack.
• As Kaller aimed his gun at Puka Angel, a familiar voice inside her asked her to move aside and offered to take over so it could save the person she loved.